The Hands of Orlac (1960 film)

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The Hands of Orlac (1960 film) is a British-French horror thriller about a pianist who, after receiving a hand transplant from an executed murderer, becomes tormented by the fear that he has inherited the killer’s violent impulses.

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instanceOf film
adaptationOf The Hands of Orlac (novel) by Maurice Renard NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Hands of Orlac NERFINISHED
Les Mains d’Orlac NERFINISHED
basedOn Orlac’s Hands (1924 film) NERFINISHED
The Hands of Orlac (novel) NERFINISHED
blackAndWhite true
character Louise Orlac NERFINISHED
Nero NERFINISHED
Stephen Orlac NERFINISHED
cinematographer Desmond Dickinson NERFINISHED
composer Claude Bolling NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
United Kingdom
countryOfRelease France NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
director Edmond T. Gréville NERFINISHED
distributor British Lion Films NERFINISHED
editor Georges Alépée NERFINISHED
featuresMotif hand transplant
serial murder
filmingLanguage English
genre horror
thriller
hasCastMember Basil Sydney NERFINISHED
Christopher Lee NERFINISHED
Dany Carrel NERFINISHED
Donald Wolfit NERFINISHED
Felix Aylmer NERFINISHED
Mel Ferrer NERFINISHED
Peter Bowles NERFINISHED
hasTheme body horror
identity
psychological terror
originalLanguage English
partOf British horror cinema of the 1960s
plotSummary A concert pianist receives transplanted hands from an executed murderer and fears he has inherited the killer’s violent impulses.
producer Raymond Eger NERFINISHED
productionCompany Raymond Eger Productions NERFINISHED
releaseYear 1960
runtime approximately 95 minutes
screenwriter Edmond T. Gréville NERFINISHED
setting Paris
timePeriodOfProduction late 1950s

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